Helping current and former street children in Haiti improve their lives

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit grass roots community organization dedicated to improving the quality of life
for current and former street children in Haiti through our education, outreach, and photography programs.

We are celebrating 10 "official" years of supporting, teaching, and empowering youth in Haiti! Come party with us as we recognize the achievements of our talented young scholars and photojournalists and toast friends and supporters who believe in our mission. Check out our amazing Silent Auction, student photographs will be available for purchase and viewing, plus exciting surprises!Live Haitian, Roots, Reggae musicby T-Rosemond with Ital Souls, Benett Hannan, DJ Katch Wreck.
Guy's Haitian Rhum Punch, wine and beer will be served along with hors d'oeuvres.
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Since 2009, Djimmy has been learning how to be a photojournalist in Zanmi Lakay's Photography Workshops. In 2014 Djimmy was rewarded for his hard work with a full dslr camera kit and computer presented to him in front of the class during our 4th annual Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto (Youth Photo Camp) in Jacmel. Along with graduation and funeral paid assignments, Djimmy carries his camera around with him shooting daily life. Also - Djimmy is a Christian and not into Vodou, but he knows all good shooters put those feelings aside for the sake of news and documentation.

Our young Haitian photojournalism students have been creating beautiful images for many years, and now with small business and computer training through our Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto (Youth Photo Camps) they are ready to explore new business opportunities. During Kanaval is the perfect time to begin the first step. The initial printing of 10 images by 10 different photographers (all were made by our amazing photo students from ACFFC!) was small so we can learn together what works and what doesn't work including prices, marketing, and reinvestment by the students. More postcard ...

Enjoy the wonderful photography by our students from our 4th annual Youth Photo Camp. Click on the student portrait to see a gallery of their work from assignments, the postcard competition, and other news features. We are very proud of all of them!

This is a complete listing of all programs, workshops, and activities created and made possible during the 2014 Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto in Jacmel Haiti - our fourth annual Youth Photo Camp. We love that this program had so many supporters, and have so much gratitude for your funding and in kind gifts. All cameras, equipment, and computers were donated!
We had three teams, 28 students that shot over 7500 images, and 11 generous hard working volunteers from Haiti and the U.S. - Kristin Adair, Susan Bradley, Jennifer and Guy Pantaléon, Maggie Evans, Rudolph LaPointe, Joel ...

A HUGE thank you to all of our friends and believers who have supported our efforts giving your time, funding and supplies to empower youth in Haiti to improve their lives and strengthen their communities! Together we raised at least 102% for our 4th annual Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto campaign, and completed enough of our 2014 Wish List to successfully carry out our agenda! It is extremely gratifying to know that every camera, piece of equipment, and computer were donated by you!
Big thanks to our creative and hardworking incredible students from Cité Soleil and Jacmel who ...

The phrase fast and furious is appropriate for the task upon us preparing for our fourth annual Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto. We've got the volunteer team and the plans, and now we need to get the funds and materials together to make this another successful summer learning program for our 32 students.
We're really excited about the extra additions to our curriculum this year integrating the basic steps for learning about and starting a small business, resume writing, one on one computer training, continuing photo studio instruction, and more local professional guest speakers. ...

The 2013 Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto Exhibition at the Fosaj Art Center was a beautiful success! The people of Jacmel warmed our hearts by showing up en masse to support the work of our students. There were also family and friends, and local subjects that posed during our outdoor studio sessions came to view their photos and received free prints. It was a hot and packed evening celebrating photography and community that also included a running Making of Jouk Li Jou slideshow, and students from our business development class were awarded certificates to cheers from the crowd. ...

- A group of 10 international volunteers including professional photographers, translators, and assistants from the U.S., France, and Haiti led this year's Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto.
- 30 photojournalism students from Cite Soleil and Jacmel, including two enthusiastic new students, shot daily life assignments in and around Jacmel along with a maternity clinic, recycling business, a rally by Christians against homosexuality in Haiti, weddings, workers, market life, fire fighters, the local DJ, barbershops, Vodou, and sports.
- Every student received a badge and camera, and ...

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Zanmi Lakay
(zahmi la kai) literally means friend's home or friend's shelter in Haitian Kréyol, and is also a warm greeting among old friends. In this spirit of Zanmi Lakay we continue providing support to street children in Haiti.